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Keywords: Mast, Sail, Mainmast, Aft, Boom
The principal sail in a ship or other vessel.
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The principal sail of a ship; the sail of the main-mast.
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the principal sail of a sailing vessel.
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(main)(mains'l) The largest regular sail on a boat, which is attached to the mast, and often referred to as the main
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The primary sail which attaches to the aft side of the mast, and to the boom.
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Main or biggest sail on a sailing vessel.
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the main power source for a sailboat
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or Mains'l - On the Lady Washington, a large fore-and-aft sail bent onto the main mast. It is spread between a boom and a gaff aft of the main mast.
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the lowermost sail on the mainmast
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The large triangular sail attached to the mast and boom.
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The tallest sail on the boat, raised on the mast and fixed to the boom. The other sail on a sloop-rigged boat (a boat with one mast and two sails) is the jib, which is forward of the mainsail.
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the sail which is attached to the mast and boom, usually the biggest working sail; often called simply the main.
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The largest sail. (Except for the spinnaker.)
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The larger sail behind the mast.
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'The main' is carried on and abaft the main mast.
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The "main sail" on the boat, or one located on the aft side of the mast.
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The sail that is hanked onto the mast and the boom. On my boat, the aftmost sail.
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The largest regular sail on a sailboat.
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sail behind the mast in a sloop-rigged (2-sailed) boat
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the main, um, sail.
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The lowest sail on a mast, especially the mainmast. (See rigging illustration.)
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Boat's principal sail, set aft of mainmast.
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The main sail that is suspended from the main mast.
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Sails , Rigging Marlinspike Tools
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The lowest square sail on the mainmast.
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A mainsail is the most important sail raised from the main (or only) mast of a sailing vessel.
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